Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

Very interested (despite the awful bottles of the LeMale line) if this can capture both strong Mint, and strong neroli/orange blossom notes WITHOUT any excess candied-fruit aspects, or without the overly sweet base of LeMale.

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Originally Posted by Quattroporte

MFK made the original, hard to see this will be such a big difference. Time will tell.

And he should be capable of making a great spring/summer flanker of it by reduction, then addition.

Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

I'm so pumped up for this! Le Male is a great frag, and this to emphasize a more "icy" attitude, are you kidding me? If this turns out to preserve the essential sexy Le Male vibe, while dancing with the icy factor, we got a big hit here.

Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

It's nice that Macy's will have it, but a shitload of dudes will be buying this, a little bit of exclusivity might have been nice. This could be my clubbing scent for warmer weather, and it'd suck if half the dudes be wearing this

Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

Originally Posted by Sol invictus

sans vanilla, which would make it quite a different beast.

Yeah, sans the vanilla? This is new territory for JpG. Curious to smell this.

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Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

Boots have this in stock now also. I tried it an hour ago. I hate to use the word again, but it really is incredibly generic stuff. It reminds me a lot of Boss Bottled. Perfectly pleasant, but profoundly unremarkable.

Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

Originally Posted by Riverwide

Boots have this in stock now also. I tried it an hour ago. I hate to use the word again, but it really is incredibly generic stuff. It reminds me a lot of Boss Bottled. Perfectly pleasant, but profoundly unremarkable.

I'll do what you do to other guys on here who bad mouth fragrances you enjoy : You are Elitist !!

Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

Originally Posted by Surfacing

I'll do what you do to other guys on here who bad mouth fragrances you enjoy : You are Elitist !!

Haha!!! I am *so* not elitist! I rarely ever buy niche fragrances to be honest! What I don't like though, are wishy washy fragrances that smell like dozens of others. That's what Le Beau Male is to me.

Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

Originally Posted by Riverwide

Haha!!! I am *so* not elitist! I rarely ever buy niche fragrances to be honest! What I don't like though, are wishy washy fragrances that smell like dozens of others. That's what Le Beau Male is to me.

I know what you mean. If one needs to sport one of those wishy washy fragrances, at the very least, get them on a good price ( if you just want something for work). I get that vibe from fragrances from Canali, Dunhill, and St Dupont ( among many other brands).

Re: New Fragrance: John Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Male for Men

I tried it the other day, and, although I like Le Male (and Fleur du Male, which I thought was an excellent flanker), I agree with Riverwide: I'm afraid Le Beau Male smelt very ordinary to me. 'Generic' was the first word that came to mind...